Maui News

Senator Mazie K. Hirono introduced a new bill last Friday in an effort to address health disparities. The Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) of 2018, lays out a roadmap to address disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community, rural populations, and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, according to Hironoʻs office. “Minority communities and other […]

Teresa Shook, the Hawaiʻi woman who founded the Women’s March, publicly called for the four leaders of the Women’s March Inc. to step down.

Sen. English will serve as Vice Chair of the Technology Committee, and as a member of the Transportation and Ways & Means Committees.

The three hospitals in the system will open their lobby doors for visits in December with healthy holiday special themes of Island Heart, ʻOhana and Giving.

Flags are being flown at half-staff across the state for 30 days, in honor and tribute to the memory of President George H.W. Bush and as an expression of public sorrow.

This year’s announcements will solidify Qualcomm’s path to 5G commercialization, and change the way mobile devices are used in 2019 and beyond.

After a three-month voyage across the Pacific Ocean and down the California coast, Hikianalia is sailing back to Hawaiʻi. The voyaging canoe departed from the Maritime Museum of San Diego on Nov. 23 and is expected to arrive in Honolulu in early to mid-December.  Under the guidance of navigator Bruce Blankenfeld, the crew for the […]

Over the past two years, the Hawai‘i Nei Marine Debris Removal Project has removed a combined 369,393 pounds of pollution from four of Hawaiʻiʻs islands.

A preliminary concept for a new clubhouse at Waiehu Golf Course will be displayed during two December events.

The appeals court vacated Honokōhau taro farmer Keith Kauhane’s conviction and had the case remanded for a new trial.  

Hawaiʻi Green Growth, a public-private partnership committed to achieving economic, social and environmental goals, formally accepted the United Nation’s invitation to become a Local 2030 Hub at its annual partnership retreat today.

Applicants will be selected in a lottery drawing on Jan. 17. The program will provide grants up to $30K to eligible applicants with qualifying properties.

Assistance Dogs of Hawai‘i (ADH) is recognizing graduates of its training program with a special ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at Hope Chapel in Kihei.

Award-winning producer and director Brian Kohne is the new director for the Creative Media program at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College.

This is, without a doubt, the most intellectually exciting time to be a volcanologist at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

A new report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine stated, while the management of local and regional stressors threatening coral reefs is critical, these efforts on their own will not be enough in the face of global climate change.

There is NO tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a 6.6 (preliminary magnitude 7.0) earthquake reported in the S Alaska region at 7:29 a.m. HST on Friday, Nov. 30.

The County invites the public to participate in a workshop for the West Maui Community Plan from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 5, at the West Maui Senior Center.

Maui Health System continued its holiday tradition this year donating hundreds of turkeys to the Maui Food Bank last week.

Maui gas prices have fallen further this week and gas price declines around the islands picked up speed over the past week, according to the AAA Hawai‘i Weekend Gas Watch.